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D. GAMBLE.

CLEANING IMPLEMENT. APPUCATWR men JUNE 19. 1911.

Patented July 1', 1919.

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easela To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Dono'rnr GAMBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cleaning Implements; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptlon of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to cleaning implements, and more particularly to a device having special utility for cleaning windows or for other similar purposes.

The object of the invention is to produce an implement of this character which is adapted to hold a wet cloth and a dry cloth upon the end of an elongated support by which all parts of the window panes may be reached from the inside of the building, thus avoiding the dangerous practice of sitting upon the window sill and reaching over the window panes to wash them upon the outside. By using a single device which carries both cloths at all times the washing and drying operations may be quickly performed without the necessity of picking up separate cloths. The implement is formed and the cloths are positioned thereon in such a manner that all parts of the window panes including the corners and edges near the sash may be cleaned and dried with the same facility as the more accessible parts of the panes. Furthermore the device is thin and flat so that it may even be passed between a window frame and the glass of another partly opened frame, if it be necessary to do this in order to reach all parts of the panes.

Other features and advantages of the invention will appear more clearly from a description of a preferred embodiment thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation of the device with the cloths indicated in dotted lines;

Fig. 2 is an edge elevation thereof; and

Fig. 3 is an edge elevation showing the cloths in position on the device.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar parts throughout the several views, 4 and 5 represent two hands or frames shaped in the form of fans and preferably constructed of wire of a gage to give sufiicient rigidity to the frames.- The common terminals of the nonornr ehivisnn, ornnw YORK, N. Y.

cnnamne IMPLEMENT.

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a two frames brought together and twisted or otherwise united as indicated at 6, forming a handle which for convenience may be inserted in a wooden handle or arm 7 of any desired length. The frame 4: is somewhat shorter than the frame 5 and the two are so arranged that when no cloths are attached to them they will lie closely adjacent as shown in Fig. 2, thus occupying a minimum amount of space.

The outer ends of the frames 4 and 5 are formed with a plurality of fingers or sinuousbendsa and 5 res ectively. Theframe 5 may also, if desired, e provided with bends 5 at its outer corners turned at right angles to the bends 5 The cloth 8 which serves as the wet or Washing cloth is held upon the frame 4: by being passed back and forth through the fingers 4:", or it may be attached to these fingers in any other convenient manner. The drying cloth 9 is attached to the longer frame 5 in a similar manner. In either case the ends of the cloths at the edges of the device may be brought back and tucked in between the two frames, thus making a neat arrangement and preventing the free ends of the cloths from dragging over the window pane as the device is being used. When the cloths have been wedged in place on the two frames they tend to spring the latter apart so that the frames by the1r resiliency hold the cloths firmly in place. against each other, as indicated at 8 and 9 in Fig. 3. The portions 8 and 9", which are the surfaces of the cloths to be used against the window panes, are bunched loosely so that the cloths have best efiect when being used. Even with the cloths in place the entire implement is not thick enough to interfere with its being inserted between a window frame and the glass of the other partly opened frame or to prevent convenient application to any part of the window pane. The bends 5\ form extensions by which the corners of the dry cloth may be pressed into the corners of the window panes, thus insuring proper cleaning of these portions, which are sometimes neglected if an ordinary cloth is used. By having the wet cloth attached to the shorter arm the edges of the window panes adjacent the sash frames may be thoroughly washed as the end of the frame carrying the dry cloth will fit over the sash frame to permit the wet cloth to reach the edge of the pane.

frames being of greater extent than the other, and a pair of cleaning cloths, each independently engaged in the rentrant portions of one frame and held against the other by the resiliency of the frames.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

DOROTHY GAMBLE.

It will be understood that various changes in the details of construction may be made Without departing from theprinciple of the invention.

I. claim:

An implement for Window cleaning comprising a handle, apair of flat resilient Wire frames having rentrant portions, one of said Copies vof this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G." 

